IMAGING FEATURES IN A CASE OF PARTIAL DUPLICATION OF RT SIDED IVC WITH URETER COURSING THROUGH ITS SPLIT

Dr Giriraj Singh; Dr Roma Rai

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

IMAGING FEATURES IN A CASE OF PARTIAL DUPLICATION OF RT SIDED IVC WITH URETER COURSING THROUGH ITS SPLIT

Dr Giriraj Singh, Dr Roma Rai

Abstract :

Development of Inferior Vena Cava is a fairly complex process involving appearance and subsequent disappearance of many emyonic veins. The IVC develops mainly from posterior cardinal vein, supracardinal vein, subcardinal vein and hepatocardiac channel. Various types of anomalous IVC have been described in literature the more common entities being a left IVC, duplicated IVC, preureteric IVC and absent IVC. A right sided double IVC (RDIVC) is an anomaly rarely described in literature. Furthermore many variants of a RDIVC have been described in literature. Our case of partial duplication with ureter crossing through its spilt has been only reported twice in literature. The importance of the entity lies in identifying it, to offer surgery in case it’s causing obstruction as was seen in our case or to be aware of it before any abdominal operations or procedures like IVC filter placement